Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16763, Shubel Dimmick, New York.

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York.
Dimnick, Shubel Shubael
S 16763
Carded
CONTENTS

New York N o 24,919
Shubel Dimmick
Delaware Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Sergeant in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Clinton in the N. Y. Troops time 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York
at the rate of 120 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of March 1834 and sent to Martin Keeler South Kortright, N. Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 360.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4. Sep. " 60.00
$420.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D Brown
Clerk,
Book E.
Vol. 4
Page 96
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 16 th April 1838 from 4 th Sep to 29. Oct 1839 the day of his death. Agent Notified 20. Oct 1840

Declaration of Shubel Dimmick In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832
State of New York } ss County of Delaware }
On this 5 th day of July 1833 personally appeared before me Martin Kelcey one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware it being a Court of Records
Shubel Dimmick a resident of the town of Middletown in the County of Delaware and State of New York aged Eighty One years in October next who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the follow- -ing named officers and served as herein stated
I entered the service of the United States on the last of May or first of June in the year 1776 under a draft in a company of Militia be- -longing to the New York State Militia and the company to which I belonged was commanded by Cap- -tain Joshua Barnham or Barnum and Lieu- -tenant Elijah Townsend I was drafted in the town of Frederickstown in the County of Dutches and State of New York where I then resided and I then and there first rendezvoused and joined the com- -pany under the aforesaid Officers and marched immediately to a place called Puckkill and from there to Fort Montgomery and was stationed at that fort for six months under the command of Colonel James Clinton who was afterwards Gene- -ral James Clinton during which time I was employed in garrison duty except five days when I was em- -ployed with others in assisting General Washing- -ton's Army in crossing the Hudson River near a place called Croton River from there over the

To Fort Montgomery and remained there until December and after a service of six months I was discharged and returned to Fredericktown this service was done as a private soldier
I again volunteered in the militia sometime in the spring of the year 1777 as a sergeant in a company commanded by Captain Joel Meads at Fredericktown in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Ludington and encamped at Fredericktown and marched to a place called Gallow's hill near the Tekskill and was there at the time one Palmer was executed as a spy and after a service of fifteen days I was discharged and returned to Fredericktown
I again entered the service in the month of July in the year 1777 as a volunteer in a company of New York Militia in a company commanded by Captain Elijah Townsend and joined the company in Fredericktown and immediately marched from there to the White Plains in the County of Westchester and State of New York at a place called M c Square near Westchester where there was a quantity of provisions and public stores deposited At this time and place I was left with a Corporal and twelve men myself being then a sergeant had the command of this guard over the provisions & stores before mentioned and was stationed there 12 or 14 days with the guards under my command I then marched with those men under my command to the White Plains where we rejoined the Company to which I belonged under Captain Elijah Townsend and was stationed there for some time (one month) From there I with the same company marched to one Peter Van Tals house Van Tals was one called a Committee of Safety or Vigilance and was stationed there near a month from there we marched to one Paulding

near Tarrytown where the British army to the number of Eight thousand was landed from There to One Youngs and One Paulings & between - at those places we discovered the British Army we were then about 500 foot & a few cavalry and the foot were commanded by Colonel Henry Luden- -ton The Americans retreated and the British pursued us about one Mile & a half and then halted and then we marched to a place called North Castle at Wrights Mills and encamped there for the night the next day we marched to Wards House in Westchester from Westchester we marched to North Castle and on the way up we met about one dozen of the British Soldiers which we fired upon and one of them killed and the rest retreated there were British Refugees so called mounted take care! in there were marched to the where place a stand there until the time Fort Montgomery was taken from them we were marched thro' the country from White Plains to Bedford to Sam- -town and to Frederickstown from there to Fishkill from there I was sent as sergeant with a guard of 8 men & a corporal to Colonel Ludingtons house to guard his house after 5 or 6 days I had orders and joined the Regiment & Company at the Red Mills in the town of Carmel from there we marched to Bedford from there to the White Plains and re- -ained there till after Burgoyne was taken prisoner with his army and I was present when General Gates with his army arrived at the White Plains I saw General Gates from there I was marched through the country to Kronpo- -nds & in the last of October or first of November after a service of three months and a half I was discharged & returned to Frederickstown during all of which time I served as a sergeant under Colonel Henry Ludington

10 On the first of March in the year 1778 I again entered the service of the United States as a Co. -unter in a Company of New York Militia as a Sergeant in a Company commanded by Captain Elyah Townsend in a Regiment Commanded by Colonel Archibald Crampton I got wounded and joined the Company at Fredericktown and marched from there to Bedford in the County of Westchester in the State of New York and marched from there to the White Plains from there to a place called Turkey-hoe near to Courtlands Manor and there we joined General Scotts Brigade of the Continental Army I was stationed there the most part of the summer at that time a Captain Bell with a Company of Grenadiers from New Jersey joined us at that place and stayed there until the fall of the year during this summer a Company of Indians from Stockbridge joined us at this place under the Command of an Indian by the name Nimh and the Lieutenants name was Freeman the Company of Indians consisted of about hundred This Company with our Regiment went out on a scouting party about one half of the Company of Indians went out and they all except one killed or taken by the British One of them returned the next day badly wounded I saw his wounds dressed by the surgeon I was stationed at this place and marched from place to place twice to Poughkeepsie with a Provost guard with Prisoners I had the Com- -mand of the Guard when I arrived at Pough- -keepsie I called on General Putnam and surren- -dered them to the Officers of his guard the other time I surrendered them to the Officers of the guard under General McDougal then at Poughkeepsie One of these prisoners names was Morgan I then went to the Red Mills after deserters and took one by the name of Jackson and returned with my guard to Turkey-hoe

where our Regiment lay and I remained there until the 13 th day of September 1778 on which day I was discharged by my Captain and reached home the next day during all which time I served as a sergeant which was six months and 14 days
I again entered the service in the month of November 1778 in a Company of Matilda in a Company commanded by Captain Tubbs as a volunteer and served as a sergeant for one month I joined the company at Fredericktown & marched to Pines Bridge and was stationed there until December and after a service of one month I was discharged
I again entered the service in the year 1779 as a volunteer in the Militia in a Company commanded by Captain Joel Meads in the month of May and first joined the Company at Fredericktown as sergeant of said Company and was marched to Fishkill in the County of Dutches and also to Stoney Point and Pukill and was stationed at all those places on duty until the month of November during which time I served six months and then returned to Fredericktown during all of which time I served in Capt Meads Company in a Regiment commanded by Col o Henry Ludington as a sergeant
I again in the year 1780 entered the service in the month of June 1 st as a volunteer in a Company of Matilda commanded by Captain Joel Meads and marched from Fredericktown to Pukill and stayed there some time & was employed in guarding the lines so called and was stationed at different places Fishkill Pukill Stoney Point until some time in October then I was at a place called Whales Ford where one Butler was murdered by the Tories I saw Butler within his own house

within a few hours after he was marching from there I marched with a guards under my command to a place called Witskill in the highlands near the Hudson river and from there I returned home to P'keepsie - town during which time I served four months and a half after which about the 20 th of October I was discharged after a service of four months and twenty days during all of which time I was a sergeant in the Company before named under the command of Colonel Henry Ludington
I certify that there is no living witness now surviving whose testimony I can procure to my knowledge
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declared that his name is not on the pension Roll of any Agency of any State
I then propounded to him the following interrogatories
1 - Where and in what year were you born
Answer I was born in the town of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut in the year 1752 October 1 st day
2 Have you any Records of your age and if so where is it
Answer I once had it in a Bible which is lost out of it and is gone and a few years ago gave the Bible a present to another person
3 Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live
Answer At the time I lived in the town of P'keepsie - own in the County of Dutchess and State of New York when I entered the service
I have lived since the revolutionary war

untill the year 1795 in the town of Frederick- town since that time I have lived in the town of Middletown in the County of Delaware and State of New York where I now live and have ever since 1795
4 How were you called in to service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute And if a substitute for whom
Answer When I first entered the service I was drafted for six months as a Militia Man and after as such after that I was always a volun- -teer and was never a substitute for any one
5 State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect under the General Circumstances of your service
Answer The General Officers names of which I re- -collect are as follows General Scott General Clinton General Washington was at a place called Mount Mifflin with his army in the year 1777 I saw him then General McDougal I saw I was acquainted with Colonel Sheldon who was a Colonel of a Regiment of horse I knew General Poor General Clinton was a part of the time in command at Fort Montgomery formerly Colonel General Vandebrough had a command as a General or Colonel at Fort Montgomery Scott Putnam & Sheldon had command of Continental troops
6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Answer
I never had any written discharge from the service I was always discharged verbally

7 State the names of some persons in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Answer the names are
{ James Meads { David Meads { Matthew Halcott {
Shubel his Dimmick Mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid which is the 5 th day of July in the year 1833
Martin Keeler Judge
We James Meads a Clugyman residing in the town of Middletown and David Meads a Clugyman also residing in the town of Roxbury and Matthew Halcott residing in the town of Middletown hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Shubel Dimmick who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be or will be 82 years of age if he lives to the 1 st of October next that he is reported and believed in the neighbourhood where resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Martin Keeler Judge
James Meads David Meads Matthew Halcott
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and

served as he states And I further certify that it appears to me that James Meads who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clugymian resident in the town of Middleton and also David Meads who has also signed the same is a Clugymian -an residing in the town of Roxbury and that Matthew Halcott who has signed the same is a resident in the town of Middleton and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Martin Steele Judge
I Certify that the reason why the applicant made his mark or cross instead of writing his name is that that his hand is so trembling and nervous that he was unable to write his name.
Martin Steele Judge
I Certify that Shubel Dimmock the applicant in this case cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court
Martin Steele Judge

State of New York County of Delaware ss.
I Crawford B Sheldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware (it being a court of Record) Do hereby Certify that Martin Keen before whom the annexed affid- avits purport to have been Sworn the annexed affidavit certificate was at the date of the same one
and the person who has signed, was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware duly Commissioned and Sworn, and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits and certificates to be his proper hand writing and Signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this Eighth day of July in the year 1833.
C B Sheldon Clerk

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 13 th 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The child of Shubel Dimmick, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y. Agency, at the rate of One hundred Twenty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of September, to the 29 th October 1839, the day of his death. Respectfully yours,
J. S. Leaver, acting Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

September 3, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Miss Ethel Sanford Kelly Corners New York
SHUBEL DIMMICK S. 16763 BA-J/MLB am
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Shubael Dimmick, of Frederickstown, Dutchess County, New York, who died in 1839.
You are furnished herein the record of Shubel or Shubael Dimmick, as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 16763, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Shubel Dimmick was born October 1, 1752, in Fairfield, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not stated.
While a resident of Frederickstown, Dutchess County, New York, Shubel Dimmick enlisted the last of May or first of June, 1776, served six months as private in Captain Joshua Barnum's company, Colonel James Clinton's New York regiment. He volunteered sometime in the spring of 1777 and served fifteen days as sergeant in Captain Joel Mead's company, Colonel Ludenton's New York regiment. He volunteered in July, 1777, served three and one half months as sergeant in Captain Elijah Townsend's company, Colonel Henry Ludenton's New York regiment, was in a skirmish and retreat between Youngs and Pawling, and in another skirmish between Westchester and North Castle. He volunteered March 1, 1778, served as sergeant in Captain Elijah Townsend's company, Colonel Graham's New York regiment, engaged in guarding prisoners and was discharged September 13, 1778. He volunteered in November, 1778, and served one month as sergeant in Captain Tubbs' New York company. He volunteered in 1779 and served six months as sergeant in Captain Joel Mead's company, Colonel Henry Ludenton's New York regiment. He served, also, six months in 1780, officers not named. He volunteered in June, 1781, served as sergeant in Captain Joel Mead's company, Colonel Henry Ludenton's New York regiment, and was discharged about October 20, 1781.

Shubel Dinnick continued to reside in Frederickstown, Dutchess County, New York, until 1795, when he moved to Middletown, Delaware County, same state.
Shubel or Shubael Dinnick was allowed pension on his application executed July 5, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Middletown, New York. In 1834, he was living with his son, name not given, about twenty-six miles from the county seat in Delaware County, New York. He died October 29, 1839, survived by a child whose name was not stated.
The name of soldier's wife was not given.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension and name of person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following: Shubel Dinnick, Certificate #24919, issued March 20, 1834, rate, $120 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

✓ Michael Simnick
in role of Capt. Church Townsend as a Sergeant in 1778 - Col. Morris Grahams Regiment Admitted Sergeant 2 years
Martin Keeler Lonte Kortright N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     6 18  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
The claimant must produce a account of the best evidence of his rank. Under exceptions are made to procure proof of services otherwise

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before the required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The reason of his inability must be stated in detail
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grades of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase "about three or four months," is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the years, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
there are double many survivors they must be viewed with caution

So Raritan N J Jan 23 rd
Free
Revolutionary Claim
War Department Washington City
Jan 31. 1834
New York.
Returned
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Jan 31 1834 New York Revolutionary Claim War Department Washington City

South Rootyke N.Y. January 23 rd 1884
Sir I here enclosed return to your dis- -bursement the Original declaration and also the amended one together with the printed sheet in the case of the application of Sheleach Dinmick for a pension. He has done all he can do in procuring testimony of his services by any living witnesses from the last enquiry & section of his friends as he states to me I presume his claim must rest and be decided upon by the evidence which he as been able to procure
I am respectfully yours
Martin Keeler
J. L. Edwards Esq Com te of Pensions

State of New York } Delaware County }
Personally came before me the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid it being a Court of Record James Meade of the town of Shandaken in the County of Ulster and State of New York after being by me duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose & say that he is acquainted with Shubael Dinnick who is who is now making application for a Pension and that he was well acquainted with him during the Revolutionary war That he this deponent and the said Shubael Dinnick were in the Spring of the year 1777 in the last of May or first of June he and the said Shubael Dinnick volunteered in a Regiment of New York State Militia under the command of Colonel Ludington at a place called Frederickstown in the State of New York that I belonged to a company of Militia commanded by Captain Joel Mead and that he the said Dinnick belonged to the said company that we encamped at Frederickstown and marched from there to a place called Gollers hill near to Peekskill that we were both there at the time one Palmer was encamped as a spy that we both belonged to the same company & same Regiment and we were both sergeants together in the same company and after a service of three weeks I was discharged together with the said Dinnick This deponent further declares that in the month of July in the year 1777 this deponent with the said Dinnick both volunteered in a company of Militia commanded by Captain Elijah Townsend in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Ludington and encamped first encamped at Frederickstown and marched from there to the White Plains in the County of Westchester where there was prisoners & public stores at a place called Mile Square I was stationed at the White Plains This Regiment to which I belonged

was stationed at Westchester at Wards House at one Peter Van Tassel's for sometime from Westchester we were marched to Tarrytown where the British Army was laun- ched that I was during this summer from some time in the month of July until November in the same company under the same Captain with the said Shebael Dumrick and I know that the said Dumrick dis- played duty and service for that term of time in the manner above stated. That I did actually serve with the said Dumrick during this year 1777. I further state that during the Revolutionary War the said Dum- rick was as I understood & believed at that time and now believe that he was in several companies during the said war and did the duty of a sergeant but as to my own knowledge I know of none personally only of those where I was with him in the same company during all of which time he was a sergeant and did duty as such. I further declare that I am now or shall be on the 23 rd day of this month if I live till that time 78 years of age and further this deponent saith not
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 14 th day of January 1834
James Mead
Martin Keeler Judge
I Certify that the above named James Mead is a man of truth and veracity and that his stat- -ent is entitled to full credit and that he is a credible witness
Martin Keeler Judge

Amended declaration of Shubael Demmick
State of New York ) Delaware County ) ss
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid. Shubael Demmick who being duly sworn deponeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection that he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades
  In the year 1776  Private  Drafted  6 Months    " " 1777  Sergeant  volunteer  15 days    " " 1777  do  do  3 Months 15 days    " " 1778  do  "  6 " 14 days    " " " "  "  "  1 Month    " 1779  "  "  6 do    " 1780  "  "  6 do    " 1781  "  "  4 & 15 days  
The above is agreeable to my statement in my declaration made bearing date the 5 th day of July 1833 The above exhibits a statement of my services during the revolutionary war as there detailed and set forth
In that declaration I stated that there were no living witnesses whose testimony I could procure to my knowledge since which time I have been able to procure the testimony of One James Mead who was a soldier of the Revolution and served with me for a part of the year 1777 whose testimony I have procured & have the same herunto annexed And I now further state & declare that I know of no other living witnesses whose testimony I can procure that I served with an embodied corps and that during the time I served I was not employed in any civil pursuit and for such service I claim a Pension

In relation to the interrogatories which were propounded to me and answered in my former declaration on the 5 th day of July last they appear correct & true according to my best recollection and belief and this is my amended declaration to the one of the 5 July last Sworn and subscribed before me this 14 th day of January 1834
His Shubael X Dimmick Mark
Martin Kules Judge
I certify that the reason why Shubael Dimmick above named made his mark or cross instead of writing his name is in consequence of a nervous affection that his hand shakes and trembles so much that it is impossible to write his name Martin Kules Judge
In a former Declaration of the applicant of the 5 th of July last I stated that the applicant could not attend the Court in consequence of bodily infirmity without stating in detail those infirmities and as it is now required by the printed letter furnished by your department that it should be stated in detail I now state in detail his inability to attend Court
The applicant Shubael Dimmick is now in his 82 year old infirm and a general debility about fifteen years ago he was attacked with a rheumatic complaint which has become a chronic rheumatic complaint settled in his right hip and right leg which has drawn his right hip out of joint and produced so great a lameness as to render him almost helpless he can walk the floor with a cane or staff he cannot ride in a waggon he

- cannot ride on horse back & He lives with his son a distance of about twenty-six miles from where our Courts or any other Court of Records is held and I am well convinced that he is a subject strictly within the rule and regulations of the Department permitting the examination and proceedings to be had out of Court where the applicant cannot from bodily infir- -mity attend the Court.
The above I certify to be correct and true
State of New York
County of Delaware ss
Martin Keeley Judge
I Crawford P. Sheldon Clerk of the County of Delaware, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware. (It being a Court of Records) do hereby Certify that Martin Keeley Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit
purports to have been sworn and the person who has Signed the foregoing Certificate was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware (it being a Court of Records) Duly Commissioned and Sworn and that I am well acquaint- -ed with his hand writing and that his name subscribed to the said affidavit and Certificate is his proper hand writing and Signature In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court the Twenty Second day of January 1834
C. P. Sheldon Clerk

September 11, 1934
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Mrs. George R. Mastin 1302 North Limestone Street Lexington, Kentucky
SHUBEL DIMMICK S. 16763 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of August 27, in which you furnish further information in regard to Shubael Dimock, whose record you desire.
You are furnished herein the history of Shubel or Shubael Dimmick (the spelling under which his name appears in the claim), as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 16763, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Shubel or Shubael Dimmick was born October 1, 1752, in Fairfield, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not stated.
Reference omitted as it was Morris's Graham While residing in Frederickstown, Dutchess County, New York, he enlisted the last of May or first of June, 1776, served six months as private in Captain Joshua Barnum's company, Colonel James Clinton's New York regiment. He volunteered sometime in the spring of 1777, and served fifteen days as sergeant in Captain Joel Mead's company, Colonel Ludenton's New York regiment. He volunteered in July, 1777, served three and one half months as sergeant in Captain Elijah Townsend's company, Colonel Henry Ludenton's New York regiment, was in a skirmish and retreat between Youngs and Pawling, and in another skirmish between Westchester and North Castle. He volunteered March 1, 1778, served as sergeant in Captain Elijah Townsend's company, Colonel Graham's New York regiment, engaged in guarding prisoners and was discharged September 13, 1778. He volunteered in November, 1778, and served one month as sergeant in Captain Tubbs' New York company. He volunteered in 1779, and served six months as sergeant in Captain Joel Mead's company, Colonel Henry Ludenton's New York regiment. He volunteered in June, 1781, served as sergeant in Captain Joel Mead's company, Colonel Henry Ludenton's New York regiment, and was discharged about October 20, 1781. He served, also, six months in 1780, officers not named. Must have been in reference
The soldier continued to reside in Frederickstown, Dutchess County, New York, until 1795, when he moved to Middletown, Delaware County, same state.

Shubel or Shubael Dinnick was allowed pension on his application executed July 5, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Middletown, New York. In 1834, he was living with his son, name not given, about twenty-six miles from the county seat in Delaware County, New York.
He died October 29, 1839, survived by a child whose name was not stated.
The name of soldier's wife was not given.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

August 23, 1934
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BA-J/MLB
Mrs. George R. Mastin 1302 North Limestone Lexington, Kentucky
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Shubael Dimmock (or Dimock) who served from Connecticut and moved to New York State.
From the data given by you it is not possible to identify the record of the particular soldier named Shubael Dimmock in whom you are interested, should it be on file.
Please furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to the soldier whose record you request, when another search of the records will be made and a report be furnished: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
Please return these letters with your reply.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
Redick's dau. mrs Gilbert Doubt & his grandson was Gilbert Lamb Barker

JEFFERSON DAVIS MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
MRS. GEORGE R. MASTIN, CHAIRMAN
504 N. BRADSHAW LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
Aug 27, 1934
A.D. Hiller Veterans Administration, Washington D.C. My dear Sir:
I am sorry not to be able to give you the years of the birth and death of Shubael Dimock, as you request; but as I do not know either of the dates, I can only send these notes. The short article refers to him as a mere youth in 1777/78, so he may have been born around the year 1760, which would make his death occur about 1840, PROVIDED he died in his 86th year.
As he moved to New York state, and the county is noted, perhaps you have data upon this. It happens that the Lamb family, his great granddec seems not to know any of the dates. I am doing some research, and am not descended from this Shubael Dimock, but my daughter married his great great grandson.
Should you not be able to still find his record through the Pension department, maybe later I might be able to glean some items from the New England branch.
I trust that these notes may help out.
Respectfully,
Grace M. Mastin
Mrs. George R. Mastin 1302 North Limestone St. Lexington Kentucky.
3 and 1/2

JEFFERSON DAVIS MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
MRS. GEORGE R. MASTIN, CHAIRMAN
506 N. BROADWAY LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
1302 North Limestone Lexington Kentucky August 12, 1934.
The Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir:
Will you kindly furnish me with the Revolutionary War record of Sergeant or Captain Shubael Dimmock (or Dimock) who was in the service from Connecticut.
He survived the war and it is said that he emigrated to New York state.
His daughter married one Gilbert Lamb, and the grandson of this family is Gilbert Lamb Parker, who wishes the record.
I am to make out his papers for the Sons of the American Revolution. He is my son in law, and I am doing research along these lines.
Recently, I hear that there was a sketch of this soldier in one of the Norwich papers, but I am not sure, and cannot get the data from Connecticut.
Shubael Dimmock is a name still surviving and in Lexington today, is one of his descendants bearing his name.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Geo R. Mastin
Mrs. George R. Mastin.) 1302 N. Limestone ( Lexington Ky.

(Copy)
Extract from Norwich Bulletin, March 9, 1906.
SHUBAEL DIMMOCK, a mere youth who had experienced fully a year of hard service, was a soldier in a regiment which marched from Rhode Island to New Jersey during the severe winter of 1777-8. The route lay through Connecticut, and the boy was thus enabled to visit his home, his furlough, however, being limited to a single night. He presented himself to his family in clothing so torn and tattered as to offer but slight protection against the wind, cold and snow of that wintry night. To replace the worn out rags there was not a yard of cloth in the house, or neighborhood. There was a web of warp drawn into the loom, however, and there was a "Dido," a vicious black corset, formerly the property of a loyalist, but then the pet of one of the daughters of the household. The sheep must have experienced a change of heart and become a patriot, for it allowed itself to be caught and sheared and then placed in the cellar well wrapped in blankets. Mother, sisters and neighbors worked throughout the night cutting, stitching and making the warm, serviceable suit in which the young soldier rejoined his regiment the next morning.

(Copy)
JENKINS, DIMMICK & FINNEGAN 50 Union Square, New York
January 17, 1934.
Gilbert D. Lamb, Esq., 233 Broadway, New York, N.Y.
Dear Mr. Lamb:-
In reply to your letter of January 15, 1934, I am delighted to hear that you and I are "brothers", at any rate, "brothers-in-law", in the light of our family relationship starting with the late Sergeant Shubael Dimmick who, according to my family history, moved his family from Mansfield, Conn. to "Frederickburgh", Dutchess County, New York State, and later on, his family and six or seven other families travelled in covered wagons to the Town of Roxbury, Delaware County, New York, and there became the first pioneer families to establish homes on farms in Eastern Delaware County.
Col. Noah Dimmick was the oldest son of said Sergeant Shubael Dimmick, receiving his commission from Governor DeWitt Clinton of New York State, for general training of citizens in Eastern Delaware County (on the meadow lands at Arkville, Delaware County, N.Y.).
Col. Noah Dimmick owned a large farm at Arkville, Delaware County, was postmaster, supervisor, land agent for the Livingstones, Montgomerys, etc., and the most prominent man in Eastern Delaware County at that time (with a very large family of more than twelve children).
Col. Noah Dimmick's oldest son was Hon. Warren Dimmick, member of our State Legislature in 1852, a leading lawyer and farmer of Delaware County. He was my grand father on my father's side.
My father, Perez Dimmick, was the oldest son of said Hon. Warren Dimmick, also a lawyer in Delaware County, a farmer, Justice of the Peace, License Commissioner (Excise), first grade public school teacher in Delaware County, etc.
Sergeant Shubael Dimmick died at the home of his oldest son, Colonel Noah Dimmick, Arkville, Delaware County, N.Y. in the 86th year of his age, being a pensioner of the United States government at that time and as a result of meritorious and honorable service in the Revolutionary War of 1776.
Incidentally, "Arkville" got its name from a "pumpkin freshet" carrying off all the pump pumpkins and homes on the meadow lands near where Col. Noah Dimmick had his home on a hill overlooking the valley. All the homes, crops, etc., of settlers were swept away by the high water, except the home of Colonel Noah Dimmick on the hill or high ground. So the people called his home "Noah's Ark" which led to the village being called "Arkville."
Will take great pleasure in calling on you in the near future.
Very truly yours,
WILLIAM W. DIMMICK.

Kelly Corners, N. Y. Aug. 11, 1936
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Can you tell me if there is a record showing that at Revolutionary soldiers named Shubael Dimmick of Frederickstown, Dutchess Co. received a pension from the U. S. Government during the last seven years of his life, - about 1832 - 1839?
He is one of my ancestors, and I want to become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
I would like an official statement from you in regard to his pension, to send in with my application papers.
I have a newspaper that states that Shubael Dimmick

enlisted in 1776 in the Sixth Regiment of the Dutchess Co. militia, - and later served in the Dutchess County minute men. He was honorably discharged in 1781. The U.S. Government paid him a pension during the last seven years of his life. He died at Arkville, N.Y. in 1839. but I have no official statements to send to the D.A.R. to prove this.
Thanking you for any information that you may be able to send me.
I am
Very truly yours Miss Ethel Sanford Kelly Corners New York

est vet ny
16 763 INVALID.
1892 Oct 14 & to James Dinwiddie Rondout N.Y.
File No. 16,763
1934 Dept. 11-31st to Mrs. Geo R. Martin M.S.B.
1936 Dept. 3-31st to Miss Ethel unfor M.S.B.
Henkel Dinwiddie
Leig Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 97
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jenkins, Dimmick & Finnegan
50 Union Square, NY,
Jan 17, 1934.
Albert D. Lamb, Esq.
233 Bway
NY, NY.
Dear Mr. Lamb:-
In reply to your letter of Jan. 15, 1934, I am delighted to hear that you and I are 'brothers', at any rate, del /brothers-in-law in the light of our family relationship starting with the late Sergeant Shubael Dimmick who, according to my family history, moved his family from Mansfield, Conn. to Fredericksburgh, Dut. Co. N.Y.S. and later on, his family and six or seven other families travelled in covered wagons to the Town of Roxbury, Del. Co. N.Y. and there became the first pioneer families to establish homes on farms in Eastern Del. Co.
Col. Noah Dimmick was the oldest son of said Sgt. Shubel Dimmick, receiving his commission from Gov. DeWitt Clinton of N.Y. State, for general training of citizens in Eastern Del. County (on the meadow lands at Arkville, Del. Co. N.Y.)
Col. Noah Dimmick owned a large farm at Arkville, Del. Co., was postmaster, supervisor, land agent for the Livingstons, Montgomerys, etc., and the most prominent man in Eastern Del. Co. at that time (with a very large family of more than twelve children).
Col. Noah Dimmick's oldest son was Hon. Warren Dimmick, member of our State Leg. in 1852, He was my grandfather on my father's side.
My father, Perez Dimmick, was the oldest son of said Hon. Warren Dimmick, also a lawyer in Del. Co., a farmer, Justice of the Peace, License Commissioner (Excise) first grade public school teacher in Del. Co., etc.
Sergeant Shubael Dimmick died at the home of his oldest son, Col. Noah Dimmick, Arkville, Del. Co., N.Y. in the 86th year of his age, being a pensioner of the U.S. government at that time as a result of meritorious and honorable service in the Revolutionary War of 1776.
Incidentally, "Arkville" got its name from a "pumpkin freshet" carrying off all the pumpkins and homes on the meadow lands near where Col. Noah Dimmick had his home on a hill overlooking the valley. All the homes, crops, etc., of settlers were swept away by the high water, except the home of Col. Noah Dimmick on the hill or high ground. So the people called his home "Noah's Ark" which led to the village being called "Arkville."
Will take great pleasure in calling on you in the near future.
Very truly yours,
William W. Dimmick.

letter from Kelly Corner, NY, 1936 -
Miss Ethel Langford. -
6 th D.C. mil. >
D. at Alvinville - 1839 -
his decla. of rebel . made
he was 81 in October "
5 th July 1833 - 18
Barnum - moved to P'keepsie - then Ft. Montgomery - then home. - Garrison duty - except 5 days - when "I was employed with others in assisting General Wadsworth's Army in crossing the Hudson River near a place called Croton Rivulet. - then went back to Ft. Montgomery